Electric Cars: Let's pay manufacturers to build them, and then let's pay customers to buy them

The British government signaled firm backing for low-carbon, electric cars on Thursday with millions of pounds in subsidies for consumers who want to buy them. But whether that sum of money is enough to tilt the market towards a predominantly electric future remained an open question.

The incentives amount to between 2,000 pounds to 5,000 pounds ($2,985 to $7,463) for each buyer, making electric cars “a real option for motorists” when a crop of models becomes available starting in 2011, said Britain’s transport secretary, Geoff Hoon.

Video: Polar bear v. Milloy smackdown! « Green Hell Blog

Check out this YouTube video of a polar bear activist challenging Steve Milloy at his April 13 Heritage Foundation presentation of Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop Them.

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Senator Chris Dodd: "If you don't care about global warming, what about national security and economics. This oughta be a no brainer"

Wonk Room » GOP Rebuke: If Our Party Continues To Promote "Pollution", We’ll End Up ‘On The Wrong Side Of History’

Some form of mandatory regulation of global warming pollution is necessary for the continued survival of human civilization.